:}24 FAMILY x. 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 9-Xovenibpr 28. Oc- 

 curs in nests of ml ants. 7,./.s-/j/.s\ beneath stones. Keadily known by 

 Iho notched apex of middle femora. 



G14 (0421'). I-.ATKISODES CAVICRUS Casey, Ann. X. Y. A cad. ScL. VII. ISO:}, 



408. 



Reddish-brown, coarsely and sparsely pubescent; elytra, legs and club 

 of antenuse paler. Head wider than Inn.!?, as wide as thorax. Auteume hall' 

 as long as body, second joint longer than third; three to eight equal in 

 width, gradually shorter: ninth and tenth abruptly wider, slightly trans- 

 verse; eleventh much larger, subglobular. Thorax slightly longer than 

 wide; median sulcus of disk feeble, with two or three acute recurved spines 

 each side; median sub-basal fovea large, the side ones distinct. Elytra as 

 lung as wide, not punctate: humeri rounded. Carin.-e <if first dorsal sep- 

 arated by one-sixth the width of segment. Male with a rounded subapical 

 impression on last ventral. Length 1.8 mm. 



Crawford County; rare. August 15. Described from North 

 Carolina. Bury finds it rather plentiful near Cincinnati. 



015 (1890). BATRISODES CONFIMS Lee., Bost. Jouru. Nat Hist., VI, 1849, 9(1. 

 Reddish-brown, shining, finely and sparsely pubescent. Head as broad 

 as long, vertex elevated with one median carina. Anteume slender, half as 

 long as body, joints 2-9 subequal. tenth hut one-third thicker and not longer 

 than ninth, eleventh oval, acute, twice as long and one-half wider than 

 tenth. Thorax as wide as long, median sulcus flue, entire, basal fove;e very 

 small, side ones distinct. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, smooth, 

 humeri feeble, discal lines very short. Length 2 mm. 



Putnam County; rare. April 22. 



GROUP B. 



In this group the hind tibia 1 bear at the outer end a very fine 

 and slender terminal spur, and the base of each elytron is marked 

 with three small rounded fovea 1 (two in frontalix). The following 

 species are known from or probably occur in the State. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF GROT'P B. 



'/. Front of head in either sex not separated by a snlcus or groove from 



the clypeus; last antennal joint of male with an erect basal tooth; 



thorax with crests on disk; elytra strongly punctate. SCHAUMII. 



da. Frontal margin in the male separated from the clypeus by a snlcus or 



excavation ; in the female continuous with the clypeus. 

 l>. Antennae stout, the joints almost all wider than long, bead-like, sev- 

 enth and eighth smaller than those preceding or following. 



GIG. CASEYI. 



bb. Antennal joints, especially those of funicle. more slender, not wider 

 than long, joints 7 and 8 not smaller. 



